Dedication

pp v-v

Epigraph

pp vi-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Series editor’s foreword

pp ix-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

List of abbreviations

pp xiii-xiv

Chronology

pp xv-xviii

Part I - Contexts and intertexts

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-10

2 - Political and intellectual contexts

pp 11-29

3 - Writing in English

pp 30-54

4 - Intertextuality, influence and the postmodern

pp 55-66

5 - Biographical contexts

pp 67-108

Part II - Novels and criticism

pp 109-110

6 - From science fiction to history: <italic>Grimus</italic> and <italic>Midnight’s Children</italic>

pp 111-135

7 - Tragedy in <italic>Shame</italic>

pp 136-144

8 - Satire in <italic>The Satanic Verses</italic>

pp 145-159

9 - Pessoptimistic fictions: <italic>Haroun and the Sea of Stories</italic> and <italic>The Moor’s Last Sigh</italic>

pp 160-175

10 - The pop novel in the age of globalisation: <italic>The Ground Beneath Her Feet</italic> and <italic>Fury</italic>

pp 176-194

11 - Critical overview and conclusion

pp 195-216

Afterword: <italic>Shalimar the Clown</italic>

pp 217-226

Notes

pp 227-250

Select bibliography

pp 251-254

Index

pp 255-259